• puls, pols

puls . (a) Coll. The seeds of any leguminous plant, used as food; corn ; (b) coll. leguminous plants; (c) a species of leguminous plant. (1297) Doc. in Rogers Hist.Agric.2 174 Polscorn. (1355-6) Acc.Abingdon in Camd.n.s.51 6 De j quarterio

• reverie, reverai, rivori

hir myrthe and reuerye Vpon the wardeyn bisily they crye To yeue hem leue..To go to mille and seen hir corn ygrounde. a1425(?a1400) RRose Htrn 409 720 These briddis maden..Layes of loue..The swetnesse of her melodye Made al myn herte

• ripe-rẹve

[vr. rippreue] and a-ryse erliche, Oþer haue an horne and be haywarde and liggen oute a nyghtes, And kepe my corn in my croft fro pykers and þeeues? c1450 Trin-C.LEDict. Trin-C O.5.4 596/7 Metellus: a reperefe. (1305) in Thuresson ME

• stak, stak(k)e, stack(e, stagge, stac

in cpds.: garth [cp. OI stakk-garðr ], a section of a farmyard used for stacking hay, grain, etc., a stackyard; corn (halm, hei) ; (c) a mass of rock rising out of the sea; (d) in surnames and place names.

• sen(e)vei, seneveie, sen(e)vi, senvoi, senefee, senebeie, sin(e)vei, sinewei, sinbei, senei, senwyn, sinerwere, seueny, sevyne

369(2) Mat.13.31 The kyngdam of heuenes is like to a corn of seneuey, the whiche a man takynge sewe in his feeld. (c1384) WBible(1) Dc 369(2) Luke 13.19 A corn of seneuey..wax and was maad in to a greet tree,

• sheueles, sheules, shueles, shaules, sewell es

et capere volatilia. a1475(?a1430) Lydg. Pilgr. Vit C.13 13889 They be lyk..bryddys ffleyng in the hayr, Wych dar nat..touche nouther corn nor greyn, Be cause only that they ha seyn A Shewelys enarmyd in the ffeld With bowe ay bent,

• travailousli, traveiloseli

þis hors so bisili and so traveilosely a werk wherbi he schal be worun out..wiþynne x yeris, þer schal more corn be grounde þan schulde be grounde, [etc.]. a1500(?c1378) Wycl.OPastor. Ryl Eng 86 439 Þei [shepherds] moten lyue trewely, trauelously,

• biwerien

st.156 Ne muȝen we us biwerien her wið þurste ne wið hungre. c1275(?a1216) Owl & N. Clg A.9 1126 Þu..bi werest manne corn urom dore. c1275(?a1216) Owl & N. Clg A.9 1517 Mid heom þu holdest & heom bi werest.

• vitali, vitaliis

270 2.240 We spendyn plente of vitalyys in glotonie & in lecherye. a1500(c1410) Dives & P. Htrn 270 1.121 ȝyf he [God] wele þat þey [planets] causyn plente of corn and of vytalyis, pees and reste, þey shullyn doon so.

• windel, windil(le

Jun 1 10483 Himm shollde brinngenn inn hiss hannd Hiss winndell forr to winndwenn & forr to clennsenn himm hiss corn & fra þe chaff to shaedenn. ?c1200 Orm. Jun 1 10550 Þe winndell iss i Cristess hannd, Þatt iss,

• bothel, bothil, -ul, boyul, botel

with suff. substitution; cp. MnE bottle & buddle . (a) Rosemary (Rosemarinus officinalis); (b) corn marigold (Chrysanthemum segetum); yelwe ; (c) blue cornflower (Centaurea cyanus); bleu ; (d) whit , ox-eye daisy (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum). c1150(OE) Hrl.HApul. Hrl 6258B 129.123 Þeos

• boude, boyde, bude, budde, bodde

MnE bot maggot, etc. A beetle or weevil; used specif. of the dung beetle, the rose chafer, the ladybug, the corn or malt weevil [see gold , malt , sharn , somer ]. c1225(OE) Wor.Aelfric Gloss. Wor F.174 543 Scarabaeus:

• affẹren, aferen, aveir, affure, aferren

to be of the cumpany to xvs. c1436 Ipswich Domesday(2) Add 25011 177 It is ordeyned that non..beie be mesure corn or wyn, ale, or other lycour, ne by elle ne by peys, but it be ferst aferyd [OF affeorez]

• afingred

SLeg.Judas Hrl 2277 130 Þermide me miȝte fille Menie pore man afingred. c1330 Why werre Auch 419 Another derthe of corn, That..made seli pore men afingred in here mouth ful sore. c1400(c1378) PPl.B LdMisc 581 10.59 Þe careful may crye

• coningẹr(e, coniger, coningerthe, cuningarth

coningẹr(e n. Also coniger & coningerthe , cuningarth . OF coniniere , with substit. of ME coning . ME coningerthe , cunin-garth are new formations prompted by coningere . (a) A rabbit warren or burrow; (b) a tunnel. (1429)

• fannen, vann(i)en

awei, out ; also, to process (grain) in this way. (1340) Ayenb. Arun 57 139 Oure lhord ssel uanni his corn ate daye of dome. (a1398) Trev. Barth. Add 27944 331b/b The Vanne hatte ventilabrum and is instrument to Vanne

• gendrure, gendur

1.179 We bileven þat in gendrure of holi Chirche it is þus: þe vertue of þe firste corn, þat is Crist..dwelliþ in ech corn þat comeþ in part of þis Chirche. ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 Petyt 511 p.253 Suilk on wild,

• ridel, ridel(l)e, riddel, riddul, redel, reddil

in a rydil, and a lytil stoon of it shal not falle on erthe. (a1398) Trev. Barth. Add 27944 243b/a Corn is y-clensed wiþ syve or with riddil. a1425(c1395) WBible(2) Roy 1.C.8 Ecclus.27.5 As dust schal dwelle in the hoolis

• ber(e, bare, beri-

. OE bere (a) Barley; (b) corn , barley; hope , an enclosure for barley, a field of barley; lof , a loaf of barley bread; mele , barley flour. (1285) Doc. in Rogers Hist.Agric.2 173 Bere. (1296) Doc. in

• thresher(e, threshre, threser, throssar, tharshser, throsher(e, thersher(e, therscher, therssere, thersar

therssere , thersar . From threshen v. (a) One who threshes; also, one who uses a strap or whip; corn ; (b) in surnames. (1381) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh. 301 William Kyng, greytawyere; Henry Waleys, thressher. c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy LdMisc 595 9336